The test of a good box set is not so much the quality of each individual film, but whether it gives you new contexts to appreciate the films you may not otherwise take to. Arrow’s new Blu-Ray set of every fiction feature directed by Lukas Moodysson deserves points for completeness, […]
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The Executioner Collection (1974) Sonny Chiba’s Lucky Stars (Review)
Japanese cinema carries with it a certain gravitas in the minds of many. It evokes images of great chivalry (Seven Samurai), dreams and heartbreak (Ikiru), honour and justice (Hara-Kiri) and the importance of family (Tokyo Story). Names such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu loom large over its […]
The Dunwich Horror (1970) Lovecraft via 1960s New Age Hippie Psychadelia (Review)
Adapting the work of the world-famous horror author H.P. Lovecraft for the screen is a task which still seems to challenge filmmakers to this day. His tales of unreliable narrators coming face-to-tentacled-face with unimaginable eldritch horrors with nigh-unpronounceable names have struggled to make the transition from page to celluloid for […]
Nightmare at Noon (1988) Questionable character, dated, yet an amazing action spectacle (Review)
Nightmare at Noon is an all-guns-blazing action-horror spectacle that is so explosive, so gung-ho, and so deeply, proudly American that it could only have been made by a Greek man. Co-written and directed by genre veteran Nico Mastorakis, a man whose decades-spanning career has covered everything from action to slasher […]
Croupier (1998): Hold on Tightly, Let Go Lightly (Blu-Ray Review)
The Leech (2022) Straying From The Path of God Leads to Deadly Consequences (Blu-Ray Review)
Count Yorga Collection (1970-71) lacks the bite to compete with other vampire offerings (Blu-Ray Review)
In the blurb for this collection, we learn that “Count Yorga, Vampire” was among the first to successfully transpose the classic vampire, cloak and all, to a modern-day setting as the Count – played unforgettably by Robert Quarry – arrives in the United States and settles in a Southern California […]
Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror (1963/66)(Blu-Ray Review)
Take Back the Night (2021) A Disgustingly Evergreen Public Safety Movie (Blu-Ray Review)
Take Back the Night presents challenges for any prospective reviewer, especially this one. Gia Elliot’s micro-budget feature is not a broad, generalist horror movie: this is something which is bristlingly upfront about its goals and message. Take Back the Night is tackling sexual violence against women and the ramifications it […]